Back rest for vehicle seats



s. WILSON BACKREST FOR VEHICLE SEATS Filed May 2; 1923 Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNHTED STAT SHERMAN WILSON, OF MARIANNA, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JIAS. A. v

, GRIFFIN, OF MARIANNA, FLORIDA.

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Application filed May 2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN citizen of the United States, residing at Marianna, in the county of Jackson and State of Florida, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Back Rests for Vehicle Seats, of which the following is a specification. Y a

This invention relates to an improved back rest for motor vehicle seats, being particularly designed for use in connection with the drivers seat of a vehicle and seeks, among other objects, to provide a device which may be readily secured upon the back 1 of a seat to form a cushion for the back of the driver.

The invention seeks, as a further object, to provide a device of this character embodying a pneumatic cushion and wherein the cushion may be readily inflated or deflated as desired.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a device wherein the.

cushion will be shaped to brace and sustain the back of the driver while protecting the clothes of the driver against soiling by the back of the seat. g

Other and incidentalobjects will appear; hereinafter.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view showing my improved device applied to a conventional automobile seat, and

Figure 2 is a detail front elevation of the device. 4

In carrying the invention into effect, I

employ a pneumatic tube 10, the end portions of which are, as shown in Figure 2,"

turned laterally in like direction and con- 40 necting the end portions of the tube with each other-as well as with the intermediate.

in a plane medially of the tube and cooperating with the tube to form a cushion of inverted substantially U-shape; However, as

will be seen, the'side portions of the cushion which side portions are formed by the en portions of the tube, are gradually curved in; wardly toward each other as said side por- 59 tions approach the bottom of the cushion.

This is done so thatthe cushion will better fit the back of the user and so that the side portions of the cushion will extend downwardly along the back at the sides of the 5 user for bracing'the back. The web 11 may WILSON,

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diverging securing straps 15 which may also each be provided with a plurality of eyelets 16.

Referring now to Figure 1 of the drawings, I have illustrated my improved cush ion in connection with the drivers seat of a conventional motor vehicle, the back cushion of the seat being indicated at 17 and the bottom cushion thereof at 18. As will be observed, the back rest is arranged to overlie the back cushion 17 while the flap 13 is of a length to extend over the back of the seat at its upper edge, and mounted upon the back of i the seat are studs or other approved fastening devices 19 accommodating the eyelets 14 of. said flap thereover suspending the back rest in position. If preferred, the flap may be tacked toqthe back of the seat or maybe buttoned thereto. The straps 15 atthe lower end of the back rest are of a length-to extend downwardly behind the bottom cushion 18 and mounted upon the 9 back of the seat are studs or other suitable fastening devices 20 accommodating the eyelets "16 of the straps thereover so that the studs will thus function to secure the straps and hold the back rest against lateral movement as well as outward movement away portion of the tube is a central web 11- lying from the back cu shion 17. If preferred, the

straps 15, like the flap 13,- maybe tacked or buttoned to the back of the seat. Thus, it

will be seen that the back rest may be readily secured in place while the cushion provided by the back rest will be disposed to receive ,and supportthe back of the driver. Furthermore, the cushion will serve to protect the clothing of the driver against soiling by the upholstery of the back cushion 17.

Havin thus. described the what is c aimed as new is:

The combination with a vehicle seat ineluding a back and a bottom, of a pneumatic invention,

' .i to the top transverse member of the tube and coterminous therewith and extending therefrom over the back of the seat to be secured on the rear side thereof, and straps tending therefrom to pass b v sieeeo attached to the ends of the tube end exer edge of the seat back and t rear edge of the seat bottom and; be secured at the rear of the bottom below the baeir.

In testimony whereof affix my signature. n w

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